On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Bertho Grandpied <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding the next FreeDOS 1.2 and possible later 1.x releases, > I'd like to see the kernel upgraded to supporting large sector > sizes, rather than hear fantasies about '32 bit FreeDOS' ! > > As far as the 16-bitty-FreeDOS kernel is concerned, > it's been clearly stated that the goal is to be (at least) > at the level of MS-DOS 3.x to MS-DOS 6.2x > Those proprietary DOSes support installable block devices > with 8k-byte sectors (claimed) and even up to 32k (not claimed by > MS, but effectively working, even if such sector sizes > are ineffective and arguably ridiculous). > > I'd like to hear from the Kernel team (is that just one-man, aka > PerditionC ?) on this subject. > > A proposed roadmap could have, ideally : > ...
My current plans are to get a new release out in the next couple of weeks with accumulated bug fixes. After that depending on many factors (mostly free time and other kernel devs), 2043/2044 will have boot time changes, specifically I may merge in some of my work on MS-DOS compatible menus and GPT support. The kernel can handle larger sectors, but there are some buffers and corruption issues (probably related to the buffers issue) that need to be addressed. I have more plans, but my time is limited so until I have code will refrain from discussing. Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
